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A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios / / by Brenda Griffith-Williams



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Autore: Isaeus <approximately 420 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios / / by Brenda Griffith-Williams Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 340.5/38
Soggetto topico: Inheritance and succession (Greek law)
Inheritance and succession - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500
Forensic orations - Greece - Athens - History - To 1500
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
Altri autori: Griffith-WilliamsBrenda  
Note generali: Revision of the author's doctoral thesis, University of London--2009.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material -- General Introduction -- Isaios 7: On the Estate of Apollodoros -- Isaios 8: On the Estate of Kiron -- Isaios 9: On the Estate of Astyphilos -- Isaios 10: On the Estate of Aristarkhos -- Appendix: Catalogue of Contested Court Hearings in Athenian Inheritance Disputes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Sources.
Sommario/riassunto: In A Commentary on Selected Speeches of Isaios , Brenda Griffith-Williams offers a fresh insight, accessible to non-Greek readers, into four disputed inheritance cases from the Athenian courts in the 4th century B.C. The only comprehensive English language commentary on Isaios (Wyse, 1904) reflects a negative view of the Athenian legal system as one in which the judges, who had no legal training, could be easily outwitted by an unscrupulous speechwriter with no regard for the truth. By addressing the complex interplay of factual, legal, and rhetorical issues in the selected speeches, Brenda Griffith-Williams identifies the strengths and weaknesses of each speaker's case and presents a more balanced assessment of Isaios's work.
Titolo autorizzato: A commentary on selected speeches of Isaios  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 90-04-26018-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824895003321
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Serie: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. . -Supplementum. . -Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.